There are
times when we review certain heatsinks and it just seems kinna pointless because
the performance curve is so low. But rather than not review the poor performers,
long ago we decided it was just as
important, and so here we are. We review the good, the bad and the
ugly occasionally. The Cybercooler P10000
isn't ugly, nor is it exactly good - in fact I
would have to say you should avoid this particular heatsink at all
costs because it is just little, too late as they
say.

It sort of looks like a stock
PIII heatsink, but the performance just isn't here - this little guy has in fact
managed to come in dead last in our list of reverence heatsinks. Now if that
doesn't say something I don't know what does.

The heatsink comes with a reverse mounted fan that clips onto the
body of the heatsink with little plastic feet. One of the feel broke off in shipping but this didn't affect performance
in
any way. The fan is very quiet in operation and power is drawn from the motherboard
via a standard three-pin header.

Top: The fins are spaced about 2mm apart in this
really simple extrusion. It might make a good VIA eden processor heatsink with or without the fan
attached.

Side
A: There are two cross cuts to give the heatsink more surface area, generate turbulence, and create a few exhaust ports. The fins are smooth, and dead plain. The clip is supposed to be tooless, but was so stiff we had to use a pair of pliers to lock it down.

Side B: The aluminum fins are 1mm thick and spaced 2mm apart. The base plate is about 7mm thick.

Heatsink Base:

A small square
of white thermal compound comes pre-applied to the sanded base of the Cybercooler P10000. Base
flatness was perfect, but smoothness left a few things to be desired. Overall,
the simple design is I think most hampered by the really low
power fan.